Caracterización a nivel atómico de la dinámica estructural de las proteínas

David E Shaw1, Paul Maragakis, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen

  • 1D. E. Shaw Research, 120 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036, USA. David.Shaw@DEShawResearch.com

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 16, 2010
PubMed
Resumen

Simulaciones de dinámica molecular (DM) extremadamente largas revelaron vías de plegamiento de proteínas y cambios conformacionales. Estas simulaciones proporcionan nuevos conocimientos sobre la dinámica de las proteínas en escalas de tiempo biológicamente relevantes.

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